/**
 * KopsoxFramework
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.kopsox.util.persistence;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

import org.kopsox.comm.message.ErrorMessage;
import org.kopsox.util.persistence.impl.KopsoxPersistenceException;

/**
 * This is the standard interface for all PersistenceDelegates.<br>
 * 
 * @author Konrad Renner - 17.11.2010
 *
 */
public interface PersistenceDelegate extends Serializable {

	/**
	 * Persists the data-Object
	 * 
	 * @param data
	 * @return List<ErrorMessage>
	 * @throws KopsoxPersistenceException 
	 */
	public List<ErrorMessage> persistFrom(Object data)throws KopsoxPersistenceException;
	
	/**
	 * Persists the data-Object
	 * 
	 * @param data
	 * @return List<ErrorMessage>
	 * @throws KopsoxPersistenceException 
	 */
	public List<ErrorMessage> loadInto(Object data)throws KopsoxPersistenceException;
}
